Epic Bridges Exam Study Guide & Epic Bridges
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Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers
_____ is an online tool you can used to document details about issues you encounter. -
CORRECT ANSWER: Sherlock
Bridges uses a scheduled purge process to clear out old messages (True/ False) -
CORRECT ANSWER: True
Collect an error in a workqueue only if all of the following are true.... - CORRECT
ANSWER: -Defined Resolution Path
-assigned to a trained user
- not already on a workqueue
Communication Daemon - CORRECT ANSWER: Sends or receives
acknowledgements over a TCP/IP connection
Control Queue - CORRECT ANSWER: maintains a list of messages waiting to be
processed. A to-do list with instructions to send or file messages stored in the data
queue
Data Queue - CORRECT ANSWER: contains Hl7 Messages along with timestamp information
about message processing
Do you need to add every interface to the background monitor in order to start or stop
the interface? - CORRECT ANSWER: Yes.
Filer daemon - CORRECT ANSWER: Translates HL7 data into something that can be
stored to the database
Holding Queue - CORRECT ANSWER: A place for messages to wait until the
messages are ready to file
Interconnect - CORRECT ANSWER: -Exists within the firewall
-is sometimes used as an alternate communication method to TCP/IP for interfaces
Message Editor - CORRECT ANSWER: allows you to make changes to the message
and submit your edited version
Message Purge - CORRECT ANSWER: - the only process in bridges that deletes
messages from the data queue
Message Search - CORRECT ANSWER: Allows you to specify an interface, a string to
,look for, and a time period. Then the activity returns all messages that meet those
criteria
Message viewer - CORRECT ANSWER: allows you to view the contents of an interface
message in the Data Queue
Message Viewer display tabs so what things? - CORRECT ANSWER: Message text,
logged errors. message submission details, session history
Messages are manually deleted from the data queue (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER:
They are purged only by an automated purge job
The _____ contains the info needed to build a message. - CORRECT ANSWER: Event
Queue
The create new message option is only available for what type of interfaces? -
CORRECT ANSWER: HL7 Version 2
The message editor does not perform validation (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER: True.
The message editor is a free text editor and has no idea how the message should look
The three conditions for interfaces to used interconnect (one or more must be true) -
CORRECT ANSWER: - The message uses an XML framework
-Communication requires an HTTPS (web) protocol to reach securely outside you r
firewall
- The interface handles a job in a Windows.NET framework, such as extracting an
embedded PDF from an HL7 v2 message and storing it to a BLOB Server
To identify a patient using identity you need the _____ and the _____ - CORRECT
ANSWER: ID type and ID
Trigger - CORRECT ANSWER: A single, clearly defined action that a user or process
can take that results in an interface message being created and sent
What are the 3 types of patient validation an interface can use? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Basic Validation, Extended Validation, Identity Duplication Configuration (IDC)
What are the five error severities? - CORRECT ANSWER: Critical, fatal, warning,
notification, and none
What are the three level at which an error can be logged? - CORRECT ANSWER:
daemon. message, and local. The majority of errors logged by the interface are
message scoped errors.
What are the three methods you can use to perform migration? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Data Courier, Pack/unpack database record utilities, manual migration
What are the three things that can happen when the filer daemon attempts to process a
message? - CORRECT ANSWER: -The filer daemon files the message into chronicles -The filer
, daemon is unable to file the message because there is something critically wrong with the
message
- The filer daemon is unable to file the message because part of the record to which the
message needs to file is locked
What are two actions you can take on the message associated with an error when
running an error log report? - CORRECT ANSWER: Resubmit and Retrigger
What does the check syntax option (button) do? - CORRECT ANSWER: It will notify
you if the message contains invalid syntax.
What is a data courier? - CORRECT ANSWER: A tool that Epic provides to facilitate the migration
of objects between environments.
What is bridges? - CORRECT ANSWER: the name of Epic's interface application,
which is a collection of tools, utilities, reports and background processes.
What is identity used for? - CORRECT ANSWER: It is used to map large database
records
What is included in the subset of bridges records that can be migrated with Data Courier? -
CORRECT ANSWER: tables (translation & general), error work queues, error steps, radar
dashboards, custom columns used in message searches and error log reports
What is on an interface monitor? - CORRECT ANSWER: -Interface Status
-Session History
-Interface Actions
-Communication Status
-Queued Messages
What is special about the NTE Segment? - CORRECT ANSWER: It's meaning
depends on the segment it
follows.
What is the HL7 delete character? - CORRECT ANSWER: " "- Double Quotes
What is translation table used for? CORRECT ANSWER: used to map more granular
-
items from database
records
What kind of alerts can be set up in the Background monitor? CORRECT ANSWER:
-
Rule Based Alerts
What order does the encoding characters of the MSH segment need to be? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Field, Component, Repetition, Escape, Subcomponent
What standard is based on resources? - CORRECT ANSWER: FHIR
What variable is required for every interface in order to process messages? -
CORRECT ANSWER: INTF_USER- The interface will not start without this
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